CHAPTER XI
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Road Traffic165United Nations Regulation No. 5. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of power-driven vehicle's "sealed beam" headlamps (SB) emitting a European asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both30 September 196730 September 1967, in accordance with article 1(5).30 September 1967, No. 4789Parties45United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 606, p. 324; doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.4/Rev.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01); vol. 1495, p. 401 and doc. TRANS/ SC1/WP29/139 (amendments series 02); vol. 1559, p. 289 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/236 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02); vol. 1693, p. 92 and docs. TRANS/SC1/WP29/306 and 309 (supplement 2 to amendment series 02); vol. 1884, p. 453 (rectifications); C.N.208.1995.TREATIES-37 of 4 August 1995 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); vol. 1962, p. 412 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/491 (supplement 3 to amendments series 02); vol. 2013, p. 517 and doc. TRANS/ WP.29/567 (supplement 4 to amendments series 02); C.N.1295.2005.TREATIES-1 of 4 January 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/60 (supplement 5 to amendments series 02) and C.N.518.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 July 2006 (adoption); C.N.598.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/51+Amend.1 (supplement 6 to amendments series 02) and C.N.67.2007.TREATIES-1 of 5 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.275.2008.TREATIES-1 of 15 April 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/10 (supplement 7 to amendments series 02) and C.N.782.2008.TREATIES-2 of 27 October 2008 (adoption); C.N.977.2013.TREATIES-IX.B.16.5 of 10 December 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.376.2014.TREATIES-IX.B.16.5 of 17 June 2014 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 5<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Albania 6 Sep 1999 Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Australia 1 Jun 2010 Austria 1 Mar 1972 Belgium19 Jan 1972 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>3</superscript>28 Dec 1998 dCroatia<superscript>3</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>4</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dDenmark21 Oct 1976 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia26 May 1999 European Union<superscript>5</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland19 Jul 1976 Germany<superscript>6</superscript>30 Sep 1967 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary19 Aug 1976 Italy10 Dec 1968 Kyrgyzstan 1 Sep 2023 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 5 Aug 1987 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>7</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>8</superscript>30 Sep 1967 New Zealand<superscript>9</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 North Macedonia<superscript>3</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dNorway23 Dec 1987 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland 2 Oct 2001 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania23 Dec 1976 Russian Federation 8 Feb 1996 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia<superscript>3</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>4</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>3</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSouth Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain21 Aug 1969 Sweden<superscript>10</superscript>30 Sep 1967 Switzerland 4 Dec 1995 Türkiye16 Jan 2001 Uganda23 Aug 2022 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>10</superscript>30 Sep 1967
1For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. <a href="http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html" target = "_ blank">TRANS/WP.29/343</a> as updated annually.2For technical reasons and in order to align this chapter with all others in the publication, the date indicated is no longer the date of effect of the regulation for the Contracting Party, but the date of receipt of the notification of application by the Secretary-General.3The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 5 as from 26 May 1969. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina”, “Croatia”, “former Yugoslavia”, “Slovenia”, “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and “Yugoslavia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4Czechoslovakia also applied Regulation No. 5 as from 15 April 1968. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5In a letter dated 29 July 1998, the European Community informed the Secretary-General of the following:"The accession of the EC has the effect that the [...] regulations adhered to are not (in cases where a Member State already applied a regulation: no longer) applied by Member States by virtue of their status as Contracting Parties to the Agreement but exclusively in their capacity as Member States of the Contracting Party European Community. Thus, the 14 Member States already Contracting Parties themselves, now apply all [these] regulations by virtue of the EC's accession."... By the EC accession, Ireland has not become a Contracting Party. Only the EC has become a Contracting Party. Ireland being a Member State of this Contracting Party applies the [...] regulations [adhered to by the EC] by virtue of the EC's accession.It will be recalled that, as at 29 July 1999, States Members of the EC are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.6See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.7See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.8For the Kingdom in Europe.9See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.10Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).